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L. kJ fell foirite The hometown voice of Lebanon, in print and online www.lebanon-express.com 123 Years, No. 18 Wednesday, June 23, 2010 50 Cents 14 Woodlands pioneer it at 92 I 'A-1 MM' "1 I I C- Udell combined community, forestry, activism It I River Center lead pastor Warren Stroup (left) and Linn County Commissioner Will Tucker (right) load the first free bed into a pickup on June 16. Below: Furniture Share executive director Michelle Maddux (left) shares a laugh with Lebanon's Amber Peterson (right), who was the recipient of the first bed. MATT CROWNOVER Lebanon Express 5 l.l 14 I 4-4 V- tt 4 I Ek Die ml i 4 i jQa pi? River Center has 300 free beds to give away connect," Tucker said.

When Lebanon community pastor Lynn Koehn was approached with the idea of stor ing the beds in the River Center, it was a no-brainer. "They never even hesitated," Tucker said of Koehn and lead pastor. Warren Stroup. "They have a heart that is bigger than their wallet." The beds are being stored at the River Center for no cost. Peterson, who lives in Lebanon, was on hand to pick up the first two beds Claim a bed Beds are available for low-income" families or individuals.

For more information about obtaining a free bed, call Michelle Maddux at (541) 754-9511 or e-mail BFSlpeak.org. Bert Udell By A.K. Dugan Lebanon Express Bert Udell, tree farmer, forestry engineer, and volunteer, died at his." home near Lebanon on June 17. Udell, 92, was active in the Lebanon community for more than 50 years. He and his wife Betty, who survives, have three children.

"He was an excellent role model. He instilled in us all an appreciation for the outdoors," said his daughter Fay Sallee. One of her favorite childhood memories is of an unorthodox; method of catching insects. "He would take me and my-brother and my sister and we would' go collecting insects. He'd drivel around on the old forest roads.

We'd ride on the hood of the pickup and catch insects with nets. We made our own nets. We'd sit kind of to the side so he could see where he was going." Udell's first job when he moved to. Lebanon in 1940 was to stake and lay out the log pond that later-became Cheadle Lake. By Matt Crownover Lebanon Express Amber Peterson's two toddlers, ages 2 and 3, no longer have to sleep on the floor.

That's thanks to Furniture Share and a wide range of volunteers. Three hundred gently-used beds from the Oregon State University Housing Department are being stored in the River Center in Lebanon and will be given away to people in need. In the last two weeks, Furniture Share had already received 86 referrals for individuals in need of beds in Lebanon and the surrounding area. "It's hard for our east Linn clients to get to Corvallis and now they don't have to," said Michelle Maddux, executive director of Furniture Share, which operates out of Corvallis. Furniture Share is a nonprofit organization that distributes quality used furniture at no cost to individuals and families in need in Linn and Benton counties.

Linn County Commissioner Will Tucker was aware of the need of beds in east Linn county and made connections to store them in the River Center. "When I find groups that are willing to give, and when I find resources, all I do is on June 16. "I was excited to get the phone call that they have beds," Peterson said. Peterson and her children had only been sleeping on the floor for two weeks. That's the kind of response time that the See Beds, A4 Meth, marijuana found in warrant search In 1946j he and Betty formedj their own logging engineering con-i The Linn Drug Task Force team served a search warrant at charges.

Anderson sustained a minor injury when he was taken into custody. Officers struggled with the suspect, as he was attempting to flush metham-phetamine and marijuana down the toilet, Martinez said. The warrant was a result of an investigation into ongoing drug activity at the residence, he said. endangering the welfare of a minor, tampering with evidence, and possession of schedule 2, 3 and 4 controlled substances. "We also seized scales and various types of paraphernalia associated with methampheta-mine and marijuana," said Detective Sgt.

Kevin Martinez. Anderson is lodged in Linn County Jail on a total of $50,250 security for the nine Albany police departments in addition to the Linn County Sheriff's Office served the search warrant at about 7:30 a.m. Grey Allan Anderson, 50, of the residence, was arrested on two charges each of delivery of a controlled substance (methamphetamine and marijuana), possession of a controlled substance (metham-phetamine and marijuana), suiting and land surveying which operated all over the state. He was the. engineer; she handled the office.

About the same time, the couple purchased their first tree farm, in the hills near Eugene. It was the beginning of their long involvement with forestry and tree farming. Over the years, the Udells bought See Udell, A2 31184 SW Fifth St. near Lebanon on June 19, arresting a man on several drug charges. The task force team which has members from the Lebanon and GREY ANDERSON children into rats Lebanon Express 50 cents transforms Music camp On the Web: IntpiMmlrbdncinxpressxom By Emily Mentzer Lebanon Express Children from throughout the community gathered like the "rats" in Hamelin to sing, dance and act in Lebanon Association for help with the music camp.

With his background in fine arts and musical theater, he has helped the children with acting and blocking; which is where actors stand on stage and where to move. "These kid are Vt Crenshaw said. "Wei definitely have' '3 ''A CJ 0 1 1 10 el go 10 0 rt 3 1 HO WO 1 2 Theater Arts first summer music camp. Forty-eight children, ages 7 to 14, from every community school including East Linn Christian Academy and Sand Ridge Charter School gathered at the Lebanon High Rats, the musical Lebanon children will perform "Rats" at 7 pm on June 25 and at 2 pjn. on June 26 in the Lebanon High School auditorium.

Tickets are available from children in the camp, or from Umpqua Bank, Linn-Co Federal Credit Union or Stainthorp's Music They also are available at the door. Tickets are 45 per person or $10 for a famity of four. some stars in our midst." The musical the children have been working- on for a week and a half is called "Rats," written by Lebanon Community School District board, member Mike Martin and Larry Harris. Martin said he and Harris worked together at Lincoln Elementary School in Corvallis. and started writing musicals based on fairy tales.

School auditorium to participate. "These kids are surprisingly hard workers," said Ethan Crenshaw, LHS graduate and student at American Musical Dramatic Academy in Hollywood, Calif. He came up from Los Angeles to JEFF SmithLebanon Express A pack of singing and dancing "rats" crowd the stage at the Lebanon High School auditorium on June 21. The rats plague the townspeople of the city of Hamelin in the musical "Rats." See Music camp, A4.